11/18/2024 – Translated from Ukrainian via Google and OFP

The main communication cable connecting Germany and Finland has stopped working due to damage of unknown origin. The cable operator has already started repair work and, although the official version of the event has not yet been announced, journalists have admitted the involvement of Russia.

The C-Lion1 cable was put into operation in 2016, its length is 1,173 kilometers, and the depth of laying is about a meter. This is the only Finnish submarine cable that directly connects the country with Central Europe and follows the route of Russian gas pipelines (to facilitate the installation work, it was laid next to the Russian Nord Stream gas pipeline). As you know, on September 26, 2022, the Nord Stream pipeline was damaged by explosions. Later it became known that it is not usable.

OBOZ.UA also reported that on November 17, the Russian Federation carried out a missile attack on the Ukrainian energy system. Due to the damage to the substations that provide power to the NPP, they reduced the production of electricity. So far, only two reactors are operating at full capacity.

https://www.obozrevatel.com/ukr/ekonomika-glavnaya/economy/nova-diversiya-rosii-u-baltijskomu-mori-obirvavsya-gigantskij-komunikatsijnij-kabel.htm